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CDHW43 PHFO 211247
CLIITO


CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI                                 
247 AM HST THU OCT 21 2004

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...THE HILO CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 20 2004...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1946 TO 2004

WEATHER ITEM   OBSERVED TIME   RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST     
                VALUE   (LST)  VALUE       VALUE  FROM      YEAR     
                                                  NORMAL             
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TEMPERATURE (F)                                                     
 YESTERDAY                                                           
  MAXIMUM         81    319 PM  88    1992  83     -2       84       
  MINIMUM         70    546 AM  64    1969  68      2       70       
  AVERAGE         76                        75      1       77      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.29          1.11 1986   0.31  -0.02      T      
  MONTH TO DATE    8.71                      5.53   3.18     3.88    
  SINCE SEP 1     14.40                     14.67  -0.27    11.68    
  SINCE JAN 1    110.05                     96.08  13.97    62.99    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0                                               
  MONTH TO DATE    0.0                                               
  SINCE SEP 1      0.0                                               
  SINCE JUL 1      0.0                                               
  SNOW DEPTH       0                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         0      0        0       
  MONTH TO DATE    0                         0      0        0       
  SINCE SEP 1      0                         0      0        0       
  SINCE JUL 1      0                         0      0        0       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       11                        10      1       12       
  MONTH TO DATE  242                       218     24      254       
  SINCE SEP 1    635                       554     81      639       
  SINCE JAN 1   3153                      2627    526     2983       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    20   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    NE (40)       
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    26   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NE (30)       
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     4.6                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  THUNDERSTORM                                                       
  HEAVY RAIN                                                         
  RAIN                                                               
  LIGHT RAIN                                                         
  FOG                                                                
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    90          1200 AM                                     
 LOWEST     58           500 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    74                                                       
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THE HILO CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   83        88      1992                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   68        66      2001                    
                                             1998                    
                                             1981                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
OCTOBER 21 2004.......SUNRISE   617 AM HST   SUNSET   552 PM HST   
OCTOBER 22 2004.......SUNRISE   617 AM HST   SUNSET   551 PM HST   
                                                                    
-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.                                      
R  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.                                
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.                                       
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.                                          


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